The laboratory at NGH is fully staffed from 07:00h to 24:00h Mon-Fri and 07:00-23:00h weekends and holidays. Call back services are offered between the hours of 23:00h and 070:00h to meet urgent and emergent laboratory testing requirements within our full services hospital.

Services are provided by a team of eight medical laboratory technologists (MLT), 10 medical laboratory assistants (MLA), two clerical staff and a pathologist/medical director. The experienced staff utilizes modern technologies and methodologies to provide patient test results in the following disciplines:

Chemistry

Transfusion Medicine

Hematology

Pathology

Stress Testing

ECG

Esoteric and low volume testing needs as well as Microbiology service is provided by other laboratory partners within our Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), and Public Health Laboratories.